Guide for producing clothes patterns



Feb. 6, 1951 M 2,540,405

GUIDE FOR PRODUCING CLOTHES PATTERNS Filed Nov. 21, 1945 Patented Feb. 6, 1951 GUIDE FOR PRODUCING CLOTHES PATTERN S Henry Archer Ramm, Auckland, New Zealand ApplicationNovember21, 1945, Serial No. 630,037 In Newzealand August 21, 1945 3 Claims.

I This invention relates to guides for producing patterns for use in cutting out material according to size in clothes making.

The object of the. invention is to provide an.

improved guide for producing patterns, which guide. is simple in construction and easy to un d'erstand and operate, so that marking points for cutting out lines. can be readily projected upon and marked on a pattern material.

According to this invention the improvedtguide for producing patterns comprises a casing slidably containing guide arms, and a base line guide or guides slidably mounted on and at right angles to the casing and so that the latter can slide along the base line guide or guides, and position markings. on the base line guide or guides. adjustable to corresponding markings on the guide arms so that the latter denote the distance from the base line, and the base line guides denote the distance between the guide arms as required in making a pattern.

Further according to this invention a guide for producing patterns comprises a casing having slide ways, guide arms movable along the slideways and out an open end of the casing to position on a pattern material markings-denoting distances from a base line guide or guides, and a slide way or slideways for a base line guide or guides on the outside of the casing and the casing movable along the base line guide or" guides to position on a pattern material markings denoting distances between the guide arms.

Still further according to this invention a guide for producing patterns has base line guides with markings for pattern positions including those for thewaist, hip and slacks or sleeve positions marked along their lengths and sight holes situated across a casing, each sight hole having a corresponding marking on the casing for pattern positions including sleeve positions, and guide arms with markings for" patternpositi'ons including waist, hip, and slacks or sleeve positions and other markings on the guide arms for pattern positions: distant from the base line guide or guides.

The invention is further described with reference to the accompanying drawings in whichv Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved guide; the casing being partly cut away to expose the interior thereof;

Figure 2 is an enlarged elevation of the improved guide; I

Figure 3 is an enlarged sectional view on line 33of Figure 1.

Referring to the drawings a casing I conta-im Waist, hip, and slacks or ing guide arms 2 is preferably made with slide ways 3 running the full length of the casing I and shaped to take the guide arms 2 freely and the guide arms 2 are movable along the slide ways 3 and out of an open end 4 of the casing I. Near the open end t of the casing I, the slide ways 3 may be provided with sight holes 5 through which markings 6 0n the guide arms 2 may be read off as required and to position the guide arms 2 correctly. The guide arms 2 are also provided with markings I corresponding to markings 8 on base line guides '9 and the sight holes 5 have corresponding-markings I3 adjacent thereto for pattern positions including waist, hip, and slacks or sleeve positions. The guide arms 2 project beyond the open end l of the casing I. Further the guide arms 2 may have holes II] or be otherwise shaped or formed near their projecting ends so that a marking means such as a pencil end (not shown) can be guided to a pattern material beneath the guide arms 2 to mark the position on such material.

' The casing I, near the sight holes 5 of the open end 4, has slideway means II for slidably retaining base line guides 9 on and at right angles to the casing I, and the base line guides 9 may be shaped, such ably hold the base line guides 9 in the means II. Thus while the base line guides 9 are held by an operator in line with a base line marked on a pattern material, the casing I with the guide arms 2 can be moved along the base line guides 9 until the required markings are selected to enable the required points of the pattern to be marked on the pattern material, such as for the neck, arm hole, waist, hip, sleeve-and the like of a pattern.

The base line in patterns for use in making clothes is the centre front and centre back from which extensions for marking out points are made and the base line creates the crown of the sleeve from which the underarm and culf extensions are made.

In a preferred form of; the invention the base line guides 9 are slidably retained one on each opposite side of the casing I and the base line guides 9 are connected and held together by bolts I2 andspreaders [4, see Figure 2, so that the casing I can travel along and between the base line guides 9. The base line guides 9 may be provided with extensions joined together such as by pins I 5 and holes [6 as required to mark. out

large patterns such as long skirts, slacks and the like.

Furtheralso the casing I-- may be provided with as by bevelling to slidwith sleeve base arrow on the folded edge of paper. Draw a line along the right edge of base line guide 9 across the paper at the intersection of the fold and line just drawn, mark this point Base. Without moving the base line guide 9 slide the casing I until the hole marked S or sleeve is opposite No. 30 in the sleeve section column of figures on the base line guide 9. Having done this draw the sleeve guide arm 2 out of the casing l and register 30 in the hole 5. Make a dot or mark on the pattern material or paper through hole 5 in the guide arm 2. Remove both the guides from the paper. Apply sleeve measurement plus 1 ins. for turning, along paper to right hand commencing from the dot or mark just made. From here draw a line across paper towards fold and apply half hand or wrist meas-- urement (plus in. for seam on the line). Draw a line from the dot or mark just made to the first dot or mark made. Use a sleeve head shaper to complete marking out crown of sleeve.

Scales are provided, for the various sizes on the curved edge of sleeve shape-r corresponding with the bust, in the base column select bust, place the 30 on the fold of paper marked base and at the same time place the 30 at opposite end in a column of scales on same edge, on the first dot or mark made. Draw from first dot or mark along edge of shaper to fold at base. This completes the shape of the top. When cutting the sleeve patterns, out around the top and along line to the cuff and along cuff, using double paper. Along the underseam may be hollowed out about A; in. Open the paper out and the sleeve is completed.

What I do claim and desire to obtain by Letters Patent of the United States of America is:

1. In a guide for producing patterns for clothing by marking selected points on a sheet of pattern material, the combination of a rectilinear track-way having a straight edge for guiding a marking tool for inscribing a line on said sheet to indicate the perpendicular axis of the pattern; a carriage slidable in said track-way along said axis; and a plurality of measuring rods slidable in said carriage transversely of said axis, said track-way having a scale for adjustment of said carriage at selected points on said axis, each of said rods having a scale for adjustment of the rod to indicate selected points spaced laterally from said axis, and an orifice in the rod for insertion of the marking tool therethrough for marking on the sheet each selected point, and said carriage having a plurality of sight openings so related to said rods, respectively, that said rod scales are observable when said rods are adjusted.

2. In a guide for producing patterns for clothing, the combination of a rectilinear track-way; a carriage slidable on said track-Way; and a plurality of measuring rods slidable in said carriage in rectilinear paths of travel normal to the path of travel of said carriage, said track-way having a scale to indicate points on the perpendicular axis of the pattern for adjustment of said carriage relative to said axis, each of said rods having a scale to indicate points spaced laterally from said axis for adjustment of the rod relative to the axis, and said carriage having a plurality of sight openings so related to said rods, respectively, that the scales on said rods can be observed on adjustment of said rods.

3. In a guide for producing patterns for clothing, the combination of a pair of rigid, rectilinear, parallel members so connected at their ends by fastening means as to be relatively spaced to provide a track-way; a casing extending transversely between said members; means, on said casing co-acting with said members, to slidably dispose said casing in said track-way, the longitudinal axis of said casing being normal to said members; and a plurality of measuring rods slidably mounted in said casing, parallel with said axis, each having a marking hole adjacent one of its ends, said members having thereon indicia comprising a scale of measurements for selected points on the perpendicular axis of the pattern, said rods having indicia of measurements for selected points spaced laterally from said perpendicular axis, and said casing having sight openings so related to said rods, respectively, that the indicia on said rods can be observed successively on adjustment of each rod for measurement of a laterally spaced point.

HENRY ARCHER RAMM.

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